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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did cab drivers sometimes do that was illegal?
(a) Employed unlicensed cab drivers for a portion of the day.
(b) Charged more than allowed by regulation.
(c) Started the meter halfway through the trip and pocket the difference.
(d) Started the meter on the way to pick someone up.

2. What did Hemyng define as prostitution?
(a) A woman having sex with anyone except her husband.
(b) Only when two people who do not know each other have sex.
(c) Only if a man pays for sex.
(d) Only if a woman accepting money for sex.

3. What did the magician earn at the time of Mayhew's interview with him?
(a) 1 pound a week.
(b) 4 shillings a week.
(c) 25 shillings a month.
(d) 4 pounds a week.

4. Whose son was the fire eater?
(a) The tax collector for that district.
(b) The constable.
(c) The district police chief.
(d) The barber.

5. What did Hemyng call a soldier who was supported by a wealthy woman?
(a) A pariah.
(b) A male prostitute.
(c) A fool.
(d) A gigolo.

Short Answer Questions

1. In whom does Mayhew say this moral defect is present?

2. What were the street folk families like?

3. What does Mayhew say about the education of street folk?

4. What did the mother of the magician do to the family library?

5. What did the author call a place where women have sex for drugs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was describe that was similar to modern crack houses, what were they like? What happened to the girl the author wrote about who was lured from home?

2. Who did Mayhew call street folk?

3. What was the difference between a conductor and other street people?

4. What was pornography and why did it become illegal in London?

5. How many visits were done by the London City Mission and what were the results of those visits?

6. What was a casual ward?

7. Who did Halliday say were swindlers?

8. What was the purpose of the mission?

9. What does Mayhew say someone who is unable to work must do and how does he feel about those able to work who won't?

10. Who did Tuckniss call a prostitute?

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